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Buscando la Luz II

Buscando la Luz II is a monumental sculpture by Eduardo Chillida and the second work in a series of four with the same title. Created in 1997, it is made of steel and consists of three funnel-like forms, standing nearly three metres high. The work is considered one of the Basque sculptor’s last large-scale sculptures. In 2002, it was installed in Munich’s Maxvorstadt district at the Kunstareal, on the occasion of the opening of the Pinakothek der Moderne.

Buscando la Luz II sculpture with three tall rust-patinated metal forms on a grassy lawn.
Buscando la Luz II by Eduardo Chillida stands on the lawn in front of a modern building.
July 2011 © · CC BY-SA 3.0
Buscando la Luz II steel sculpture in front of a modern building in Munich.
Buscando la Luz II stands on dark gravel outside the Pinakothek der Moderne in Munich.
June 2008 © · CC BY 2.0
Buscando la Luz II stands as three dark reddish-brown abstract forms on a green lawn in front of a classical building.
Buscando la Luz II by Eduardo Chillida displayed on the lawn before a classical building.
October 2010 © · CC BY-SA 3.0
Buscando la Luz II, three tall dark reddish-brown sculptures on a green lawn in front of a classical building.
Eduardo Chillida’s Buscando la Luz II stands on the lawn in front of a classical building in Munich.
October 2010 © · CC BY-SA 3.0
Buscando la Luz II by Eduardo Chillida, three rusted steel sculptures standing in a grassy park.
Buscando la Luz II by Eduardo Chillida shown as three towering steel forms in a park setting.
July 2011 © · CC BY-SA 3.0

Identification

TitleBuscando la Luz II
Original titleBuscando la Luz
Translation of titleSuche nach dem Licht II
TypeMonumental sculpture

Creator

ArtistEduardo Chillida

Historical context

Part of seriesSecond of four works in the Buscando la Luz series
Related works in seriesBuscando la Luz I (1997), Buscando la Luz III (2000), and Buscando la Luz IV (2001)
Status in artist's oeuvreConsidered one of the artist's last large sculptures
Date created1997

Physical characteristics

HeightJust under three meters
StructureConsists of three funnels

Materials

MaterialSteel

Location and ownership

Current locationKunstareal, Maxvorstadt district, Munich, Bavaria, Germany

History and restoration

Installation year2002
Installed forOpening of the Pinakothek der Moderne in the Kunstareal